I recived the joystick today (Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar). Been trying it out for an hour now.
I can say that if you are serious about flightsims, then this joystick is the only option. It sure is worth its money. The feel of the metal in your hands takes it to a new level. Besides that, it is very precise during flight. I was flying the F15 in MS Flightsim 2004, i had no problems at all with take off from Fallon, the run through Grand Canyon at mach 0.7 and landing at Nellis AFB.
During all this, i never had to take my hands off the joystick or the throttle. Since i dont have any pedals for ruddercontrol, i used the "ant elev" button for this. Taxiing to the gates was no problem at all.
Now the installation was not without any trouble, but thats because i was in a big hurry to connect the thing. So i started all over again and then like magic, it installed the software/hardware without any problems.
My guess it that this joystick will rock together with Lock On or any other military flightsim.